National Voter's Day
25th January 2018
NSS WING of Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida, Top Engineering College in Greater Noida celebrated National Voter's day on 25th January 2018 to spread awareness among students about importance of voting and encourage student to participate in electoral process.
25th January is the foundation day of the Election Commission of India (ECI) which came into existence in 1950. The day was first celebrated in 2011 to encourage young voters to take part in the electoral process. It is the day to celebrate the right to vote and also the democracy of India.
The day started with the welcome speech by Prof. Dr. Ashish Soti, Director, DGI. He talked about the Voter's day and its importance in the development of the country. He said, the objective of National Voter's Day is to encourage, facilitate and maximize the enrolment of new voters and active participation of the active voters.
Later Faculty Member Dr. S. K. Srivastava gave a brief introduction on Right to Vote and how this contributes to the sustenance of Indian democracy, which is the largest democracy in the entire world.
Program end with oath ceremony, all the students, faculty members and staff members had taken oath for true and trustworthy voter.